So it's NOT the ESRB or the retailers? It's actually the parent's fault?vansau said:"The hugely popular computer game, which should not be played or bought by anyone under 18, is popular among teenagers, with many having the game given to them by their parents.
Yes. 2nd place goes to: The Sun.vansau said:Secret Science Fact?: The Daily Mail is the scummiest of scum-sucking bottom feeders when it comes to tabloids.SenseOfTumour said:So, headline would be more accurately, 'British Media pauses for 5 seconds on claiming GTA caused riots, then carries on anyway, as it suits them'.
I guess all the time they're just going ahead and making shit up, they're not hacking the phones of the dead, or spying thru D list celebrities bedroom window in the hope of getting a tit shot. All hail the freedom of the press!
Still, this isn't as good an example of backtracking as the Mail's recent one, where a tragic accident occured and a 13 year old girl was killed by a falling branch, and the Mail twisted it into 'girl dies in park because of teacher's strike', only removing it from the site when called out on it by everyone with some semblance of humanity left in their soul. (Which would explain how it made it to getting published, no Mail employee is going to have a problem with it).
Truly-A-Lie said:Okay it's clear in my mind that the only way videogames will ever stop being the scapegoat is the same way that rock n' roll, metal, rap music and horror movies did it - pass the blame to something new. With that in mind, I have a plan that will stop this once and for all.
Tomorrow, I will write an article entitled "The X Factor Caused London Riots" and if we all do the same, we'll have a new go-to source of pure unadulterated "youth corrupter".
Well with this "quote", they've shot their sensationalism in the foot to anyone who stops five seconds to think about it. "Should not be played or bought by anyone under 18" and "is popular among teenagers, with many having the game given to them by parents."vansau said:"The hugely popular computer game, which should not be played or bought by anyone under 18, is popular among teenagers, with many having the game given to them by their parents.
ESRB? Wrong country. All GTA games here have been BBFC rated 18.The_root_of_all_evil said:So it's NOT the ESRB or the retailers?
Doh! That's what I get for reading all these American studies.coldalarm said:ESRB? Wrong country. All GTA games here have been BBFC rated 18.The_root_of_all_evil said:So it's NOT the ESRB or the retailers?
hurrah! I back you 100%, I'll find you people to interview saying "louie made me cry" and "I couldn't understand a word Cheryl said!"Truly-A-Lie said:Tomorrow, I will write an article entitled "The X Factor Caused London Riots" and if we all do the same, we'll have a new go-to source of pure unadulterated "youth corrupter".